Four-year-old girl killed in stray dog attack in Hoshiarpur

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Hoshiarpur, July 6

A four-year-old girl, the daughter of migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh, died after being attacked by a pack of stray dogs in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on Sunday evening on the Oharpur Bassi Jalal link road under the Tanda police station area. The child, identified as Gungun, had been left under the shade of a tree near a tubewell while her parents worked in nearby paddy fields.

According to the police, a pack of nearly seven stray dogs attacked the girl and dragged her some distance, leaving her critically injured. Hearing her cries, her parents and fellow labourers rushed to the spot and rescued her.

She was taken to the Community Health Centre in Tanda, where doctors provided first aid before referring her to Hoshiarpur because of the seriousness of her injuries. She later died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital.

Gungun was the daughter of Ram Jeevan and Preeti, residents of Dhyanpur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. The family had travelled to Bassi Jalal village for the ongoing paddy transplantation season and had been staying there for seasonal agricultural work.

Station House Officer of Tanda police station, Inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra, said the police have initiated an investigation into the incident.

The tragedy has once again drawn attention to concerns over stray dog attacks in rural areas and the risks faced by vulnerable communities, particularly migrant workers and their families.